but you know so chill period to make their children to be killed their ability to consume time. in serbia look he's available in most good in higher frequency they are going to. play the metropolitan slams the u.n. security council's resolution allowing the bombing of libya voicing concern that how easily forces being used an international player. using the un security council resolution isn't going to be in from beijing and fuel and it reminds me of the medieval cold from the crusades. and foreign forces target the libyan leader stronghold as they continue the rosin strikes which of reportedly killed over sixty thousand. bombs naval gadhafi take courses in the capital as a place that's why i took the sky with and he called cya i'm told us live in some pretty torn in just a few moments formal. culture this hour emergency teams are evacuated from the

consumer nuclear site amid fears radiation the could spread as smoking seen rising from the paralyzed reactor. and the japanese yen is extending losses softer it's because supplies in less in a more than six miles if you a slow car and see more in business and about twenty minutes. it's five pm in moscow this is archie coming to you live with me and he said now wait first up this hour vladimir putin says the you want backing from the military operation in libya is like a call for a medieval crusade russia's prime minister insisted nobody has the right to intervene in politic political conflicts in sovereign countries calling a security council resolution a flawed document. if you look to the u.n.

security council resolution is undoubtedly incomplete i'm floored if you look at what it says it becomes apparent that it allows everyone to undertake any actions against a sovereign state it reminds me of a medieval cold to go on a crusade when someone called someone to go somewhere and free something that's been good to you. for more on russia's reaction to developments in libya we're joined live by our correspondent catherine agarwal here in moscow now where they were important didn't hold back about these events in libya tell us exactly what he said. and he certainly did not mince his words like that was and was very strong and to the right russia's reaction to the. bombings the coalition bombings that have taken place in libya russia of course very much against the invasion and of the approach presence of coalition forces in libya but this is definitely the

strongest reaction we've heard from any russian official rising to what's and saying that the. coalition beijing basically reminds him of a medieval crusade and he's not certain as to how the international community can just stand back and watch america basically dictate its foreign policy to other countries. just book with the concerns of the ease with which decisions are being made over the use of force in international affairs today and u.s. policy is becoming a dangerous tendency to bill clinton's time they bombed yugoslavia in belgrade bush deployed troops in afghanistan then under false pretenses and more forces were deployed in iraq destroying the entire government of iraq now libya is next they say they're protecting civilians but its civilians who are dying when they bomb libya here's the logic and the conscience is needed.

very strong words there no logic no conscience in the action of the u.s. and european kolisch and forces a legend it was him said this during a visit to a factory in the central and the part of the central russia where our russian missiles are actually produced this was of course a statement on a reaction on to the coalition forces invasion in the libya floods in the region of course also taking the time to mention that despite the fact the death of his regime is by no means a democratic one and that the actions that he has undertaken should by no means be condoned still it is in no way. basically allow the united states european countries or any coalition forces to bring their own military presence into that country russia of course always maintaining the position of the matter should be resolved domestically and that the u.n. resolution under which the coalition forces are currently present in libya

specifically what is aimed at guaranteeing the stability and security for civilians on the ground in libya and the present coalition presence in libya does nothing to guarantee that in fact and put civilians at more risk as casualties civilian casualties continue to rise on the ground in libya says a very strong reaction from russia on the current the e.u. and american forces present in libya. and that artie's country not as part of a following brosnan's reactions to what's happening in libya. well inside libya the international coalition says aerial strikes have successfully halted the forces of colonel gadhafi western officials claim to have destroyed a command center used quite well be an army in the capital tripoli more than one hundred air strikes were carried out across the week with reports over sixty people

were killed artie's polis lior has the details from tripoli. we are hearing from the pentagon that it is extremely satisfied with the way this operation is being conducted if there's a khadafi is increasingly under stress that they have managed to isolate and scatter his forces we're also hearing that washington in a matter of just days will be ready to relinquish control of this whole operation over the situation remains incredibly tense people are certainly incredibly frightened in the capital city of tripoli and around midnight local time there was a whole statue of fire in the sky in part this was because of empty a car fire that was being fired some libyan forces and also now we receiving confirmation that a missile hit because actually compound i was hearing from allied forces is that it struck the control income on building of his operations we certainly are seeing international opposition grow it's not only the arab league that is now coming out with these conflicting statements that it's signed out for the protection of civilians and after the killing of civilians you need to remember that it was very

important for european powers to get the backing of the arab world the understanding now is that they're backing might only come from the united arab emirates qatar and possibly jordan and that if the backing comes it will be more in the same financial aid people here on the ground who want to the international community to get involved and i'm talking here specifically about the rebel groups the opposition leaders they would much rather have the third countries like china sea and egypt coming to the fore and for this to have been almost like an arab with illusions of democracy rather than the intervention of wisdom towers there are very legitimate questions being asked why for example when israel carried out a bombardment over gaza in two thousand and eight and two thousand and live when was there not a no fly zone imposed by the international community so those kind of questions at the forefront of people's minds and certainly against the backdrop of this growing criticism of this operation most people here do not really believe the libyan army when a cause for a cease fire severe announcement on sunday night a spokesperson for the libyan army that there would be an immediate cease fire is

certainly being greeted with a lot of skepticism on the ground the rebels themselves. so you do not believe that the international community has yet to respond but it is important though to say that the gadhafi regime is still sticking by its earlier argument and that is that he is adhering to a cease fire but that it is the rebels that are the ones that are provoking them it is the rebels that are on the offensive and they are the ones who are breaking that the international community is a pains to say that its intention is really to stop the fighting to stop the killing of civilians and that it's not really at this stage trying to get gadhafi out of power but the very clear this is him against that is well then why strike at his compound and the second christmas ism is also what if you do not get the man to step down this kind of impulse a the situation on the ground could continue for weeks if not months. our correspondent paula we were there she has been in tripoli for two weeks now following every turn in this unfolding story sometimes literally beneath raunch of on jewelry fire. they can get people to

if you can hear this and see if the fire is happening i mean people in front of me now starting to run cause all of the reporting from the war zone ongoing you can read her blog on her website on. also visit our you tube there you can find dramatic video footage of the bombardment they began much more taking a look at you tube dot com slash well it's in. the news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to look for asians are relieved. well india has joined the chorus of international voices urging coalition forces to

stop airstrikes against libya it was among the five u.n. security council members who abstained from voting on a no fly zone resolution let's get more now from our correspondent priya streeter she joins us live from new delhi tell us what exactly is being said in india about the events in libya. well as you mention the need to india has come out and said that it strongly disapproves of the airstrikes that are going on in a libya the minister of external affairs said that they are hoping for a peaceful settlement to how and with the help of the united nations and other regional organizations they said that they will do whatever they can to strongly discourage violence in libya while respecting the wishes of the libyan people so really just strong disapproval from here in india like so many other countries around the world who are watching the situation the minister of external affairs

did say that he believes that airstrikes would be counterproductive and actually harm innocent civilians foreigners and diplomats. who do people in india think there are other motives behind this intervention other than the protection of civilians the coalition forces are saying. so it's interesting when you say the communist party of india which is really powerful in the eastern portions and southern portions of the country actually released a press release not too long ago saying that they believe the main reason the united states is interested in libya is for oil and they said that to support any sort of thing since you are sponsored sanctions or airstrikes would essentially be promoting imperialism and they don't want to have anything to do with that so like the official word from the government of india they don't believe that any airstrike should happen and especially if you compare these events to what happened in tunisia and egypt that they believe the indian people should actually respect

the libyans freedom fight is what they said. reporting live from new delhi thanks for that. well the political wrangling over what's happening in libya continues in brussels at a meeting of foreign ministers they've agreed to bring in more sanctions and. in the same city on sunday the alliance failed to decide what role it's going to play our europe correspondent. colonel gadhafi is a legitimate military target that comment just now from the defense secretary of the united kingdom has caused outrage here in nato as you say we're in the middle of e.u. and nato meetings which are principally focused on libya e.u. came out and agree to disagree they said and didn't really agree on a strategy for libya and nato in the third day of talks there here in brussels also

come out without much agreement of course in a much more menacing tone because they are leading this operation against libya on the first day they did agree on a no fly zone imposing a no fly zone over libya then there was talk of moving eastward to protect the eastern strongholds of rebel strongholds of libya and only then as a sort of of course thought was the talk of humanitarian support now this was all backed by a u.n. resolution which are authorize the imposition of a no fly zone over libya and even then when the u.n. passed that vote it was abstained by four key states brazil russia india and china were the states which are abstained along with germany and germany and turkey are now extremely concerned two key allies of nato say they're extremely concerned by nato involvement they don't want to see that they want to see a cease fire immediately turkey adds that it is worried and disturbed were its

words by france's involvement by nato member france's involvement in this bombing campaign the arab league another key ally in the region says the u.n. resolution it backed is not being carried out in the way that it supported just outside this building an antiwar demonstration led by the arab community the very people who are asking for help for humanitarian aid to support the civilians that were being bombed by colonel gadhafi they have now come out very much they can. although their extreme concern but the opposite of what they have they want to be it's happening very well to the protection of civilians they're seeing reports told they're still civilians caught by nato for being we expect throughout the capitals this week to see increasing numbers of and she was it was true she was in london so they don't reward their mistress from his plan so the choice of public opinion is turning against nato involvement in libya. so to recap you on some of the latest

developments coming out of the bia multinational forces military operations in the country have been successful knocking out colonel gadhafi air defenses and crippling his air force now is also say his troops that were moving against opposition forces are good albeit well countries including the u.s. and france are continuing strikes libyan officials more than sixty years ago you got our microsoft so far several powers including the arab league and russia have a coalition attacks russia's. putin said the u.n. resolution is to fight and flawed and that military intervention into libya cannot be justified well the pretax of involvement in libya was to protect civilians but the next point to where you are struck record of starting military campaigns on false clowns carnage that can look so questionable justification for

invading iraq eight years ago. air strikes in libya a humanitarian act to protect civilians from a dangerous they cater that's the reason given by the u.s. and its allies for their latest military for e. but when it comes to justifying its wars america has become the nation that cried wolf especially now when one of the key sources use the head of the two thousand and three iraq invasion as it made it feel light but i just wanted to do something for my country and i'm satisfied there is not a teacher there anymore if i must i would do the same thing again i have no regrets rafique made all want to be a curveball was seeking asylum in germany back in two thousand a told german intelligence that saddam hussein had biological weapons mounted on trucks they didn't believe him and when u.s. intelligence requested his testimony before attacking iraq germany told them he was unreliable but that didn't stop top u.s.

officials building their case using him and no intelligence of their own we're giving you our faction conclusions based on solid intelligence one of the so-called solid sources was an al qaida suspect who lied under torture to cia allies in egypt about said am's ties with terrorists the other was curveball even now despite all the evidence of lies and deception key players in the bush administration are still in denial about their role in the events saying they were not sufficiently informed i don't know if there would have been a different level the in a scene that for you they tell you anything. poor bear no i don't know were you not on the e-mail list that you did not in their memoirs both collin powell the secretary of state back then and donald rumsfeld the defense secretary effectively dock responsibility and point the blame at others mainly the cia specifically

george tenet head of this. at the time he said it was there and it wasn't and they believed him because they wanted to invade iraq and colin powell was digging for information of cia headquarters in langley of course they were digging for it because it wasn't clear he was trying to come up with something because he couldn't find it even after this latest revelation about curveballs lies many western media outlets put the following spin on the story u.s. officials they did not lie they were duped but it really reveals here is actually contrary to the headline that we saw from the guardian which was that the americans were duped somehow by your story and that really isn't a very accurate telling of what happened in that really the cia wanted to do if you want to use that word at all but really they were looking for an excuse they found one the man who presented the case for war before the u.n. security council now says he was misled not that he too was part of an orchestrated

plan to build a case for war no matter the evidence how was he duped so easily. i don't by a lot of people followed orders very likely knowing what they were doing was wrong but they wanted to be involved they like the power of washington for. a big fat salary after eight years of embarrassing revelations still no u.s. official has admitted lying and also those who took part in building the case with the iraq war out of lives are now off the hook touring the country with their memoirs and saying they were do let me ask whether their exoneration and this high public acceptance of egypt bad let's. take the reporting from washington. well in japan emergency workers at the

fukushima nuclear plant have been evacuated from the site after smoke was seen rising from one of the crippled reactors that's provoked fresh fears of a radiation leak and potential nuclear meltdown and seniors have however managed to restore electricity to three reactors and it's hoped that condemnable bam to restart the failed cooling systems that's likely to be crucial to avoiding a crisis turning into a catastrophe but despite all their efforts the systems wrapped i.v. earthquake and tsunami are not yet operating and a resolution could still be some way off. i think it's important to understand that this is an accident ongoing is externally difficult and i am very doubtful at least that much chance of getting this situation under control what you have seen in the last few days rather than trying to manage the nuclear crisis there's been quite effective news management presenting the fact that they've connected to our we're making progress. this is the catastrophic situation not just at one reactor but

four reactors with major potential for a direct releases even of both what's already been released and contaminating the environment so i am very very go call that the situation is anywhere near being resolved and it could at any point become catastrophic. people in russia's far east are reaching out to their japanese neighbors they're offering what they can to those who lost everything in the tsunami even their own homes in some cases it's believed half a million dampening were left homeless by the tragedy of the twenty one thousand people have either paris or are missing and that number is still rising after relief efforts continue as the first lady for one indicated have flowers after dropping its embassy in moscow you can see here to commemorate the. now the japanese government has ordered four regions around the troubled fukushima

plant to suspend shipments of products that could contain traces of radioactive iodine and those are his loyalists are reports those worries of radiation are spreading far beyond japanese source. as japan works overtime to avert a nuclear meltdown is another crisis in the making maybe maybe think twice second thoughts born of paranoia that radioactive remnants may reach far beyond japan's borders how worried about the seafood maybe the seafood is safe and radiation bob in the water i would i'm going to be very wary of that water while it's the fear of japanese imports going all the way to the top u.s. regulators have said they will increase screenings of food coming in from the embattled asian nation the european union has warned members to do the same and italy was the first you nation to ban food imports from japan all together in the wake of the nuclear scare it's the only suspicion that besides the quake the

tsunami and the nuclear crisis japan will soon have to deal with another problem becoming a trade kharaj. like we will for reasons that may not be entirely radioactive countries all over the world in tough economic times and the star are looking for ways to subsidize their own producers their old workers and so an incident like the one unfolding in japan gives them quite a good reason to do something that they may have been looking to do anyway this is bad for trade made worse for the country itself if made in japan comes to mean made a nuclear wasteland to consumers in countries like the u.s. we're here in times square and i wanted to come down here because it is where the broader meets the road as far as advertising in this country and you can really see the brands that play a major role in the united states i wanted to see how many of them are japanese now take a look at this center posted advertising from top to bottom you can see sony t.v.

k toshiba all japanese corporations playing a major role in the us i noticed even our camera and my my clip from my microphone are manufactured by sony and with the nuclear disaster there is no telling what. that's horrible be on but the manufacturing of companies like this but also their brand presence in countries like the u.s. and the status of the made in japan label i would be concerned about like televisions components that might carry the radio active materials. as well or and japan's economy will feel it for a long time to if trade suffers a major blow because it's dragged down an already near zero growth rate in japan if it does that is going to have bigger effects internal to japan and globally we don't know exactly what those are but they're potentially quite significant significant because in a global economy which made in japan matters for everyone many of the world's cell phones laptops and cars rely on

a poxy computer chips are auto parts from the country stoppages in manufacturing and trade consent shock waves through the system likely farther reaching than the radiation itself lauren mr r.t. new york but more on how to close nuclear crisis is affecting the global economy coming up in our business bulletin next here on r.t. . hello and a very warm welcome to the business news and the japanese yen is extending losses after its biggest slide in six months against the dollar on friday the move follows an agreement among the world's wealthiest countries to try to control japan's all time. it's the first time in a decade that she seven nations have jointly intervened in the currency markets the u.n. is currently trading at nearly eighty one are joining the chorus of world strongly

after the earthquake struck i'm not sure leavened an expectation of repatriation flows to japan for insurance and reconstruction costs and the suspect further intervention could follow. but i look at what's happening to the price of oil oil prices are falling be u.s. led airstrikes against levy are fueling concerns about destructions to supplies brant is trading that's wrong and one hundred fifteen dollars per barrel w.t.f. is wrong one hundred twelve dollars per barrel analysts expect an increase in demand for oil as more fuel will be needed for post brake reconstruction in japan. and precious metals continue the bull run as investors seek a financial safe haven amid all the uncertainty gold just climbing for the fourth day rolled around one thousand four hundred thirty dollars an ounce is extending its biggest gain for two weeks it's now trading at thirty six dollars an ounce. one

to look at how equities are trading wall street is making a strong start to the week with dial up two hundred points and trading about twelve thousand passengers have been encouraged by eighty and she's blonde it was a shin off the u.s. division of t. mobile in the move but would make it the nation's biggest wireless player has also some optimism that japan's nuclear crisis is being brought under control. but european stocks are also higher if it sees good. around one point three percent while the tax is more than two percent in the blood telecom shares are on the rise like telecom that substory jean percent. moving on to russia the markets are trading in the black here this hour the r.t.s. gaining about one percent but my sense is up iran's half a percent oil related stocks are mostly in the glycol strong at commodity prices let's have a look at some individual share russia second largest oil producer gaining half

cent cross nafta is trading marginally in the black for bankers are more than one percent after it has reported an almost eight fold increase in its net profit last year after six point four billion dollars the head of government press has also commented on the plans privatization of russia's largest lender. to stay with her bank its c o r a graph says the privatisation of a charge in the by will take place this year the exact size of the state will be determined by market conditions are good enough but you have to push the question now is the stories but i'm not sure it will be privatized it will depend on market conditions with said plan only grab a choice whether it's somewhere between hope and back in the form i want my privatization will take place by the end of the year the privatization decision

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